Enfant Terrible

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Enfant Terrible

Released May 7, 2021

2h 14m

Biography

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder becomes a prominent and prolific German filmmaker in the 1970s.

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

The film feels both hermetic and declarative, and it's folly to constantly remind a viewer of Fassbinder's impossible-to-replicate alchemy of color, lighting, angles and passion.

May 13, 2021

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This film vividly conjures up the shabby, cigarette-ashy world: the West Germany of radical chic and revolutionary paranoia.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 31, 2021

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

Enfant Terrible is somewhat repetitive - ever more shouting, more hedonism, more tainted glory - but it's never boring.

Sep 24, 2020

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Dave Giannini

InSession Film

Enfant Terrible is able to paint the picture of a terrified, complex, deeply flawed man who has a lot to give to the world of film, even if maybe he should have given to himself and his compatriots a bit more.

Rated: B

Feb 23, 2024

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

As RWF, Oliver Masucci (you might know him from Netflix's Dark) commits fully, leading with the gut and the bile duct as he tears the supporting cast asunder.

Sep 8, 2021

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Pat Padua

Spectrum Culture

This lurid biopic of iconoclastic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder too often feels like an R-rated "SNL" skit.

Rated: 40/100

Jul 29, 2021

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ALEX V

Did not believe Oliver Masucci would be able to play a believable Rainer Werner Fassbinder after playing the lead in "Look Who's Back". The Music rocks, the dialogue is fun & Brigitte Mira and Andy Warhol are also played well. Wished the producers had used real footage in between and not only the original sound of newscasters. Maybe it was a rights clearance issue. However, thanks for this trip.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/13/22

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Let me state that I am a fan of RWF. While I understand the sets, lighting, etc., that are employed in an effort to pay homage to the director, Masucci (despite his impeccable rendering of Fassbinder) is a 50-ish year-old man playing a man who died at 37. I noticed it right away, and it tainted the production, in my opinion. It is certainly worth viewing, but I’d really like to see a more true-to-life film about the life of RWF, without the filmmakers attempting to make it so stylized. It would also be nice to have some cameos of Fassbinder’s “favorites” (not as themselves), as several of them are still living.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/01/21

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Synopsis

Rainer Werner Fassbinder becomes a prominent and prolific German filmmaker in the 1970s.

Director: Oskar Roehler
Producer: Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott, Markus Zimmer
Screenwriter: Klaus Richter
Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Production Co: Arte, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Bavaria Film
Genre: Biography, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): May 7, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 15, 2021
Runtime: 2h 14m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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